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After winning in Washington, the first game of a daunting second-half schedule, do the Pittsburgh Steelers belong in the Super Bowl conversation? Setting aside how they compare to the rest of the NFL in 2024, how do you feel this year’s edition compares to the Chiefs teams of the past two seasons? Good teams, remember, almost always get fortuitous bounces and kind calls. This Chiefs team is more balanced and more well-rounded. And so, although the delivery may differ, this Chiefs team is just as equipped to make a Super Bowl run as any of the previous iterations.

Persons: Daniels, Baker Mayfield, BAKER, J. W Organizations: Chiefs, Steelers, Falcons, Bucs, 49ers Locations: New Orleans

☆ NFL midseason predictions for every team: Kirk Cousins wins comeback award; NFC East champ is …?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( The Athletic Nfl Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +28 min

Our NFL writers addressed these topics and more in making one prediction for every team heading into the season’s second half. The fourth-year back is on pace to finish with 1,256 yards, which would be the fourth-highest total in team history. Every other NFL team has put a player in at least one of those categories during that stretch — and most teams have checked both boxes. Minnesota has one of the most productive defenses in the NFL and an offense loaded at the skill positions. And the Eagles have managed to win games despite bad luck and bad decisions.

Persons: — Doug Haller Kirk Cousins, Cousins, Joe Burrow, Burrow, Cousins ’, — Josh Kendall, Kirk Cousins, Lamar Jackson, Jackson, he’s, Jared Goff, Jayden Daniels, Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry, Jeff Zrebiec Khalil Shakir, Shakir, — Joe Buscaglia, Chuba Hubbard, Panthers haven’t, Christian McCaffrey, Hubbard, Jonathon Brooks, Dave Canales, — Joseph Person, Caleb Williams, Quinn Harris, Goff, — Adam Jahns, There’s, — Paul Dehner Jr, Watson, Dee Haslam, — Zac Jackson, — Zac Jackson Dallas Cowboys Brandon Aubrey, Aubrey, Bryan Anger, Cooper Rush, Aubrey doesn’t, — Saad Yousuf, Courtland, Sutton, Phillip Lindsay squeaked, wasn’t, Bo Nix, Nick Kosmider, Ben Johnson’s, Aidan Hutchinson, Brian Branch, Kerby Joseph, Za’Darius Smith, — Colton, Xavier McKinney, McKinney, hasn’t, Kyler Murray, Stroud, Ryan Downard, Downard, McKinney texted Downard, Green, ” Downard, — Matt Schneidman, — Mike Jones, — Mike Jones Indianapolis Colts Anthony Richardson, Shane Steichen, Richardson, Joe Flacco, — James Boyd, Doug Pederson doesn’t, it’ll, Trevor Lawrence’s, — Jeff Howe, Hopkins, David Eulitt, Kansas City Chiefs DeAndre Hopkins, Xavier Worthy, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Nate Taylor, Antonio Pierce, Mark Davis, Pierce, “, ” Davis, He’s, It’s, Vic Tafur, Tashan Reed, Tashan Reed Los Angeles Chargers Justin Herbert, Herbert, — Daniel Popper, Jonah Jackson, Steve Avila, Puka, Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, — Jourdan, Tua Tagovailoa, they’re, Jim Ayello, Kevin O’Connell, Brian Flores, — Alec Lewis Drake Maye, Drake Maye, Williams, New England’s, Chad Graff, Sean Payton, Mike Ditka, Dennis Allen, Darren Rizzi, Hurricane Katrina, Payton, Drew Brees, — Larry Holder, Daniel Jones, Jones, Brian Daboll, — Charlotte Carroll Davante Adams, Joe Sargent, wouldn’t, Woody Johnson, Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams, Jeff Ulbrich, Zack Rosenblatt, Nick Sirianni, — Brooks, Watt, Pro Bowler, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Arthur Smith, Russell Wilson, Mike Tomlin, — Mike DeFabo, — Matt Barrows, DK Metcalf, Julian Love, Devon Witherspoon, Geno Smith, Metcalf, Smith, Love, Witherspoon, Riq, Leonard Williams, Boye Mafe, Ken Walker III, that’s, Michael, Shawn Dugar, Shawn Dugar Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Evans, Evans, Chris Godwin, Jerry Rice’s, — Dan Pompei, — Dan Pompei Tennessee Titans Will Levis, Levis ’, — Joe Rexrode Washington, Mike Sainristil, PFF, Sainristil, Emmanuel Forbes Jr, Michael Davis, Malik Nabers, Noah Igbinoghene, Marshon Lattimore, Benjamin St, Juste, — Ben Standig, Dan Goldfarb, Khalil Shakir, Perry Knotts, Cooper Neill, Ric Tapia Organizations: NFL, NFC, Cardinals, West, Bengals, Falcons, Panthers, Bears, Lions, Soldier, — Adam Jahns Cincinnati Bengals Bengals, Chargers, Broncos, Titans, Browns, Cowboys, AFC, Colts, Cincinnati, Denver, Steelers, Cleveland Browns Browns, — Zac Jackson Dallas Cowboys, T, Saints, Nick Kosmider Detroit Lions, Detroit, Chiefs, Giants, Pro, Packers, Texans, C.J, Jaguars, — Matt Schneidman Houston Texans Houston, AFC South, Dallas, Kansas City, Tennessee ., Houston, — Mike Jones Indianapolis Colts, Flacco, — James Boyd Jacksonville Jaguars Jacksonville, — Jeff Howe Chiefs, Kansas City Chiefs, Buccaneers, Raiders, Tashan Reed Los Angeles Chargers, — Daniel Popper Los Angeles Rams Rams, Rams, Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, Miami Dolphins, Dolphins, Vikings, Patriots, New, Williams ’ Chicago Bears, Our NFL, New Orleans Saints, Getty, Jets, Eagles, NFC East, Washington, Philadelphia, The Eagles, Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Fame, Pittsburgh, San Francisco 49ers, 49ers, The Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Pro Bowler, Seahawks, Pro Bowlers, Derick, Shawn Dugar Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bucs, — Dan Pompei Tennessee Titans, Sunday’s Locations: Arizona, Green, San Francisco, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland, takeaways, Dallas , Tennessee, Jacksonville, Miami, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Khan’s, Los, Scoop, Minnesota, Carolina . New Orleans, New Orleans, Tampa, Philadelphia, Washington, T.J, Levi’s, Metcalf, Levis

Yet this season he is on pace to produce marks in passer rating, air yards per attempt, yards per passing attempt, quarterback rating, passing yards and interceptions that are better than in either of his previous MVP campaigns, in 2019 and 2023. Goff has been a model of efficiency, completing 74.1% of his passes while posting career bests in yards per attempt and passer rating. While other NFC contenders have struggled, Detroit looks arguably better than a season ago. By rushing for a league-leading 946 yards on 6.5 yards per carry — an incredible 1.1 yards more per rush than he averaged in that historic 2020 season — he’s taken pressure off of Jackson. That not only explains the play, but what Daniels has brought to a Commanders team that won’t go away.

Persons: Lamar Jackson, Jackson, Jared Goff, Goff, TJ Watt, it’s T.J, Watt, Watt doesn’t, Christian McCaffrey, Achilles tendonitis, Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Aaron Rodgers’s, Davante Adams, Robert Saleh, Rodgers, Tua Tagovailoa, Jordan Love, Malik Willis, mightily, Justin Fields, Russell Wilson, Wilson, Mike Tomlin’s, Brian Flores, Sam Darnold, Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes, It’s, Derrick Henry, Henry, He’s, —, Daniels, that’s, Caleb Williams, won’t Organizations: NFL, Ravens, Lions, NFC, Steelers, that’s, AFC, 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, Bengals, New York Jets, Jets, Miami Dolphins, Dolphins, Miami, Green, Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, Sports, Washington Locations: Detroit, Cincinnati, Robert Saleh , New York, Minnesota

The Many Links Between Project 2025 and Trump’s WorldFormer president Donald J. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he had nothing to do with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative policy initiative to reshape the federal government. But Project 2025 has numerous ties to Mr. Trump and his campaign, a New York Times analysis has found. L. ZorcJump to the full list of authors, editors and contributorsSpokespeople for Project 2025 have denied that they are advocates for any particular candidate, and Project 2025 has no official ties to the Trump campaign. To limit the appearance of connection, Mr. Trump’s transition team has been excluding prominent people linked to Project 2025 from its preparations. Project 2025 additionally calls for the dismantling of the federal Education Department, which Mr. Trump has also pledged to do.

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Dodson, Dave Dorey, Eden T, Edgar Troy Edgar, Edlow Joseph Edlow, Ehlinger Jen Ehlinger, Ehrett, Eichamer Kristen Eichamer, Eitel Robert S, Estrada, Farkish Thompson, Feere Jon Feere, Fisher Travis Fisher, Fishman George Fishman, Ford Leslie Ford, Friedman Aharon Friedman, Frohnen J, Frushone Joel Frushone, Fulton Finch Fulton, Gabel Caleigh Gabel, Gaiser Alexandra Gaiser, Garza P, Geller, Gillen J, Gilmore James S, Gilmore, Ginn Vance Ginn, Alma Golden, Gore, D, Greenberg Dan Greenberg, Greenway, Greszler, DJ Gribbin, Grisedale Garrison Grisedale, Grogan Joseph Grogan, Guernsey J, Gunter Jeffrey Gunter, Guy Joe Guy, Guzman Joseph Guzman, Hanania, Harlow David Harlow, Harvey Derek Harvey, Hayes, Edie Heipel, Hemenway Troup, Hoekstra Pete Hoekstra, Hoffman T, Homan Tom Homan, Horner Chris Horner, Howell Mike Howell, Huber Valerie Huber, Hughes Andrew Hughes, Humire, Iacovella, Israel K, Ivory R, Jankowski Roman Jankowski, Jay Carafano James Jay Carafano, Jones, Kao J, Kelson Jared M, Kelson, Kilmartin Ali Kilmartin, Kirchner Julie Kirchner, Kish, Klukowski Kenneth A, Adam Korzeniewski, Bethany Kozma, Kozma Matthew Kozma, Krein, Kurtz, LaCerte David LaCerte, Larkin P, Lawrence Paul Lawrence, Lawrence III James R, Lawrence III, Legates David Legates, Lewis B, Lieberman J, Ligon John Ligon, Lim Evelyn Lim, Lorraine Viña Morgan Lorraine Viña, Loyola Mario Loyola, G, Malcolm J, Masterman, Matthews Earl Matthews, Mauler, McCall, McCotter Trent McCotter, Meadowcroft Micah Meadowcroft, Meese, Melugin, Mermoud, Miller, Mitchell K, Kevin E, C, Morell Clare Morell, Morgan Mark Morgan, Morgen Hunter Morgen, Morrison J, Moy, Murray R, Nabil M, Nasi L, Niemeyer Lucian Niemeyer, Nazak, Milan Nikolich, Nuebel, Kathy Nuebel Kovarik, Orr, Owcharenko Schaefer Nina Owcharenko Schaefer, O’Brien, Michael, Pedersen Leah Pedersen, Pillsbury Michael Pillsbury, Pizzella Patrick Pizzella, Porter K, Kevin Preskenis, Pryor Pam Pryor, Pyle J, Ratcliffe John Ratcliffe, Ray Paul Ray, Reddan J, 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Wolfson Jonathan Wolfson, Alexei Woltornist, Wuco Frank Wuco, Ybarra J, Zadrozny John Zadrozny, ”, John McEntee, James Bacon, Reagan, Howard Lutnick, Joseph R, Biden Jr, Dennis Dean Kirk, Kirk, Mr, “, JD Vance, Roberts’s, Kevin Roberts, Rick Dearborn, Russell T, Evan Vucci, Paul Dans, Dans, Ken Cuccinelli, Christopher Miller, Chip Somodevilla, Samuel Corum, The New York Times Christopher Miller, Biden, Miller’s, Skinner, Gene Hamilton, Hamilton, ” President Biden, Ben Carson, Todd Heisler, Jonathan Berry, Carson, Stephen Moore, Peter Navarro, Navarro, Karen Kerrigan, Ken Cedeno, Edwin Feulner, Robert Bowes Organizations: Heritage, New York Times, Mr, Leadership, Trump, Ivory, Loyola, Poole, Royce, Tufts, Heritage Foundation, The New, The New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, White, White House, Republican, Management, Defense , Homeland Security, State, Homeland Security Department, Defense Department, Twitter, State Department, Justice Department, ”, federal Education 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☆ When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | Scott Reinhard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

Two Black men, in tuxedos, clasp hands and dance in a smoky foreground in a scene from "Looking for Langston," the 1989 film that reevaluated gay and lesbian contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’ Mapping the people, homes and hot spots that transformed the neighborhood during its Renaissance. A map of Harlem with a location labeled “Ma Rainey at the Lincoln Theater” near 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesMap with location labeled “Bessie Smith at Hotel Olga” in the northernmost part of Harlem. was often called the living room of the Harlem Renaissance, and over the years provided a safe and affordable space for Black artists, writers and thinkers.

Persons: Langston, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Nicholas Park, Clare Corbould, ”, Ma Rainey’s, Ma Rainey, ” Ma Rainey, “, ” Donaldson, Gladys Bentley, Gladys Bentley West, Gladys Bentley West 133rd Street Gladys Bentley, Bentley, Michael Ochs, Bessie Smith, Hotel Olga ”, Bessie Smith Lenox, Lillian Simpson, Emma Chen, ” Smith, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Ain’t, Jimmie Daniels ”, Jimmie Daniels, Daniels, Ethel Waters, Nicholas Avenue, Nicholas, Ethel Williams, Waters, ” Everett, Edna Thomas ”, Edna Thomas, Lloyd Thomas, Olivia Wyndham, Thomas, Wyndham, Georgette Harvey ”, Georgette Harvey, Maria, Porgy ”, Porgy, Bess, Musa Williams, Billy Rose, Hunter ”, Alberta Hunter, Lottie Tyler, Bert Williams, ’, ” Michael Ochs, Lindy Hop, Shane Vogel, Vogel, Jerome Robbins, James F, Wilson, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Heather Nickels, Harry, Nickels, “ SAVOY, George Karger, Alain Locke, Countee Cullen, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Olga ”, Olga Lenox, Edward H, Olga, Victor Hugo Green’s “, Bill “ BoJangles ” Robinson, Robert W Kelley, Alain Locke Washington, ” Alain Locke, Locke —, —, Nella Larsen ”, Nella Larsen, Street Nella Larsen, Larsen, Octavio González, Audre Lorde, Hughes, ” Arnold Rampersad, Countee Cullen ”, Harold Jackman, Cullen, Richard Bruce Nugent ”, Richard Bruce Nugent, Thurman, Jade ”, González, Nugent, ” Carl Van Vechten, Carl Van Vechten, Street Carl Van Vechten, Harold Jackman ”, ” Harold Jackman, Jackman, Maurice Hunter ”, Maurice Hunter, Corbould, Claude McKay ”, Claude McKay, West 142nd Street Claude McKay, Alexander Gumby, A’Leila Walker, A’Lelia Walker, Madame C.J, Walker, “ Wallace Thurman ”, Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Bennett, Sydney ”, Sydney, Iolanthe Sydney, Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Robert “ Bobby ” Winchester, Horace Hicks, Isaac Julien, Mr, Julien Organizations: Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, The New, Black, Greenwich, Harvard, Central, Deakin University, Ma Rainey’s Georgia Jazz, Jazz, Lincoln, Lenox, Lincoln Theater, Street, Gladys Bentley West 133rd Street, New York Times, Michael Ochs Archives, Hotel Olga, Blues, Hotel, Lesbian, Blues Women, Communities, West, of Congress, Music Division, Federal, St, Library of Congress, Guild Theatre, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public, 138th Street, Alberta Hunter, West 138th, ” Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, Savoy, African American Studies, Yale University, Cabaret, 155th Street, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, 131st, CUNY, Hulton, West 133rd, 133rd, Avenues, Cotton, 142nd, Cotton Club 142nd Street, U.S, Swing, 141st, Ballroom, Blacks, 125th, 135th, Harlem Y.M.C.A, Harlem Branch, Columbia University, Lafayette Theater, Lafayette Players, Washington D.C, Wellesley College, 127th, Mount Morris Park, East 127th, 136th, The New York Public Library, Bettmann, Everett, 134th Street, Eighth, West 142nd, West 142nd Street, Cabaret School, Yale, American, Library, 136th Street, “ Infants, Columbia, Harlem’s Locations: tuxedos, Manhattan, Harlem, Central, Rockland, New York, St, Australia, Ma Rainey’s Georgia, Philadelphia, Colonial, British, Alberta, ”, —, Hamilton Lodge, Lenox, Seventh, Morris, Lafayette, Washington, Eighth, Mount Morris, Lenox Avenue, United States, Midtown, Black, Sugar

☆ Cowboys win on Dak Prescott’s go-ahead TD throw in final seconds as Steelers’ defense wilts: Takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( The Athletic Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Dak Prescott found wide receiver Jalen Tolbert for a 4-yard touchdown pass to take the go-ahead lead, 20-17, with 20 seconds to play. — Jon Machota, Cowboys beat writerDallas’ defense does just enoughThe Cowboys’ defense did just enough to win the game. — Saad Yousuf, Cowboys beat writerSteelers’ defense wilts when it mattersThe Steelers’ defense gave up 445 yards and allowed the Cowboys to convert 9 of 15 third downs. But, leading by four points with just under five minutes remaining, the Steelers’ defense wilted, allowing a 70-yard scoring drive. The Cowboys secured the win with the fourth-and-goal touchdown pass from Prescott to Tolbert.

Persons: Mike DeFabo, Jon Machota, Saad Yousuf, Lauren Merola, Dak Prescott, Jalen Tolbert, Dallas could’ve, Donte Jackson, Prescott, Cowboys Prescott, Tolbert, Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, — Jon Machota, Dallas ’, Parsons, Lawrence, Sam Williams, Marshawn Kneeland, Justin Fields, Najee Harris, George Pickens, — Saad Yousuf, T.J, Watt, Nick Herbig, Jackson, CeeDee Lamb, Isaiah Loudermilk, Joey Porter Jr, — Mike DeFabo, Fields, Russell Wilson ramping, Pat Freiermuth, —, Barry Reeger Organizations: Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys, Dallas, Steelers, wilts, The Cowboys Locations: Dallas, Pittsburgh, Prescott, Tolbert, USA

Some of the ads feature doctors speaking passionately about abortion and saying that Republican candidates shouldn't represent "us" or "our" communities in Congress. But in at least four instances, House Majority PAC, a super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership, featured Republican-blasting doctors in their ads who did not live in the district where they were advertising. The path to the House majority runs through all four of the districts where these ads ran. Since then, both doctors and patients have often become key personal messengers on abortion for Democrats. But Republicans blasted House Majority PAC over the ads, calling them misleading and accusing the group of spreading falsehoods about GOP incumbents and candidates.

Persons: Gabe Evans “, Lori Chavez DeRemer, Emily Schneider, Evans, Michelle Berlin, Lowe, Chavez, Destinie Marquez, Yvette Herrell, ” Marquez, Joe Biden’s, Melanie Stansbury, Juan Ciscomani, Sen, Kirsten Engel, Dr, Sigrid Williams, “, Roe, Wade, Williams, Amy Walter, here’s, Hakeem Jeffries ’, Will Reinert, Marquez, Schneider, Lori Chavez, Gabe Evans, Janelle Bynum, Jeff Potts, Susan Wild, ” Potts, Potts, Mike Eby, Vasquez, Gabe Vasquez, …, ” Eby, Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos, Derrick Anderson, Anderson Organizations: PAC, House Democratic, Republican, New, Colorado GOP, ”, GOP, OB, University of Colorado, University of New, University of New Mexico Hospital, Democratic, NBC, Republicans, House, National Republican Congressional, NBC News, HMP, Congressional, Fund, House Republican, New York Post, Post, Congress, Luna County Sheriff, New York Times, Army Green Locations: New Mexico’s, Arizona’s, Colorado’s 8th, Oregon’s 5th, Colorado, Oregon, Colorado ’, Oregon’s, New Mexico, Arizona, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Joe Biden’s State, Arizona’s 6th, Arizona’s 7th, Berlin, Colorado’s 6th, state’s, Pennsylvania’s, Luma County, Washington, Luna County, Virginia

☆ AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Archaeologists working in Peru, assisted by artificial intelligence, have discovered 303 previously unknown giant symbols carved in the Nazca Desert. A geoglyph of a humanoid with a headdress is one of the newly discovered symbols. Deciphering Nazca symbols’ purposeIt’s not clear why the Nazca people made the symbols. The bigger Nazca symbols were near networks of straight lines, squares and trapezoids etched into the earth. “Our findings suggest that their meaning is formed through their combinations,” he said, referring to the way the Nazca geoglyphs are grouped together.

Persons: headdresses, geoglyphs, “, Masato Sakai, IBM’s Thomas J, ”, ” Sakai, Amina Jambajantsan, Jambajantsan wasn’t, ” Jambajantsan, Sakai Organizations: CNN —, Yamagata University Institute of, Japan’s Yamagata University, Watson Research, Yamagata University Institute of Nasca, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology’s Department of Archaeology Locations: Peru, Peru’s, Yorktown Heights , New York, ”, Jena , Germany, Mongolia

☆ Domino's Pizza is not growing as much as it claims, investor says in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAn investor has filed a class action lawsuit against Domino's Pizza, claiming the restaurant chain "overstated" its business and financial prospects. AdvertisementSpecifically, the company's annual global net store growth. The complaint says Domino's hosted its 2023 Investor Day that December, during which it discussed the long-term guidance for the annual global net store growth between 2024 and 2028. The class action lawsuit against Domino's Pizza Inc. is about its annual global net store growth. Despite investor concerns over its global net store growth, revenues at Domino's has grown.

Persons: —, Pizza, Bernstein Lierbhard, Russel J, Weiner, Sandeep Reddy, Justin Sullivan, Domino's, Matt Cardy, Stringer Organizations: Service, Pizza Enterprises, Business, Domino's, BI, Domino's Pizza Enterprises, Domino's Pizza, U.S, Company Locations: Michigan, Domino's

CNN —The surviving co-founder of the company that owned the doomed Titan submersible is scheduled to testify Monday as a US Coast Guard panel continues to investigate what led to the implosion that killed five people last year. The Marine Board of Investigation’s two-week hearing began September 16 and is expected to resume Monday with OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein, who in January 2013 left the company, set to testify, the Coast Guard’s hearing schedule shows. In 2009, Sohnlein and CEO Stockton Rush launched the Washington state-based company that created the experimental 23,000-pound submersible. The submersible lost contact with its support vessel, the Polar Prince, an hour and 45 minutes into its dive on June 18, 2023. Former OceanGate director of marine operations David Lochridge, center, stands during his testimony on September 17, 2024.

Persons: OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, Sohnlein, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Sohnlein’s, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Rush, ”, ” Sohnlein, David Lochridge, Andrew J, Whitaker, ” Lochridge, Steven Ross, Ross, Antonella Wilby, Wilby, ‘, ’, ” Roy Thomas, Phil Brooks Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Marine Board, Stockton Rush, Marine Board of Investigation, Coast Guard, American Bureau of Shipping Locations: Washington

☆ I learned CPR with my kids. Then, my 14-year-old used it to save his friend's life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marlana Hodgins and her son, Trevor. After our friend's incident he brought home his CPR dummies and taught me and our three kids how to do CPR in our living room. I had been CPR certified as a teen, but my kids — who are now 12, 14 and 16 — were learning for the first time. I never imagined that my middle son, Trevor, would soon be using his skills to save a life right in our home. Later, in the hospital, doctors and nurses said the efficient CPR that Trevor delivered likely saved J.J.'s life.

Persons: —, Marlana Hodgins, Trevor, Steven, Giovanni Scafidi, J.J, Giovanni, Laura, Matthew Martinez, Martinez Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Celtics capture 18th NBA championship with Game 5 win over Mavericks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are again champions of the NBA, having claimed a milestone title Monday night that will reverberate from coast to coast and carve out legacies for the current pillars of this storied franchise. The Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals to win the series 4-1 and claim a league-record 18th NBA championship. Tatum finished with 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, while Brown added 21 points. “(The Celtics are) a great team,” said Dončić, who played the series with a bruised chest and lower leg injuries. On the other end of the spectrum, Mazzulla, 35, is the youngest coach since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976 to win a title.

Persons: Joe Mazzulla, Larry O’Brien, it’d, ”, Jayson Tatum, “, ” Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Celtics ’, Tatum, Brown, Russell, it’s, ” Brown, Jayson, Payton Pritchard, PAYTON PRITCHARD, J. W, stu, Irv, ng, te, Kar, nin Organizations: BOSTON, Boston Celtics, NBA, Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Garden, Celtic, Boston, Los Angeles Lakers, ” Celtics, ” Boston, Dallas, ABA Locations: Boston

☆ The F.B.I. Kept a File on My Father That Has Made His Family Proud - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Samuel G. Freedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On an otherwise pleasant day in May 1957, my father received two unwelcome visitors at his tool-and-die factory. The agents intended to use that information as leverage to turn my father, too, into a snitch. Having grown up hearing family stories about my father’s lifelong radical politics, Aaron put through a Freedom of Information Act request for the F.B.I. That file is a reminder of what I inherited from him — not just his politics, but the convictions that they were built on. Dad would have been a logical enough target of scrutiny of J. Edgar Hoover’s F.B.I.

Persons: Aaron, David Freedman, —, Carol, Ken, Paul Avrich, Edgar Hoover’s F.B.I Organizations: Communist Party Locations: Highland Park, N.J, Piscataway

☆ Mavericks obliterate Celtics by historic margin in Game 4 to avoid NBA Finals sweep
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The 38-point margin of victory is the third-largest in NBA Finals history. Advertisement“We had to play our A game — it was this or we go on vacation,” Dallas coach Jason Kidd said. The Mavericks trail 3-1, and no team has ever come back to win an NBA playoff series after losing the first three games (0-for-156; 0-for-14 in the finals). Only three halftime deficits are larger than those 26 points in the history of the NBA finals. Do it the next one.”Dereck Lively II was huge off the bench for Dallas in the Game 4 win!

Persons: Luka Dončić, ” Dallas, Jason Kidd, ”, ake Organizations: DALLAS, Dallas Mavericks, NBA, Dallas, Mavericks, Boston Celtics, LUKA DONCIC 🔥 Locations: lier

☆ How Carlos Alcaraz won the French Open by beating his biggest opponent: His body
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

More specifically, it’s Alcaraz’s body, but also his mind — to the extent that it so often dictates how his body feels. AdvertisementAlcaraz, the 21-year-old Spanish star who makes tennis fans gasp like no one else can, beat Alexander Zverev of Germany on Sunday to win his first French Open title. Alcaraz’s first French Open is a triumph of perseverance (Frey / TPN via Getty Images)A year ago, it was anything but inevitable. GO DEEPER Game, Set, Match: Carlos Alcaraz beats Alexander Zverev to win first French OpenThe weeks before the French Open had been filled with doubts. Alcaraz at the 2021 ATP Next Gen finals, which he won, beating Sebastian Korda in the final.

Persons: there’s, Carlos Alcaraz’s, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev of, Philippe, Chatrier, Alcaraz’s, Frey, TPN, physiotherapists, ”, Alexander Zverev, Alcaraz, That’s, Sebastian Korda, Julian Finney, Indian Wells, Novak Djokovic, Djokovic’s relentlessness, Djokovic, Sinner, Andrey Rublev, Jan, Lennard Struff, J.J, Wolf, “ I’m, “ It’s, Clive Brunskill, He’d, “, Zverev, Alain Jocard, cramp, We’re, ” Zverev, hadn’t, Roland Garros, Tim Goode, Antonio Borga, Dan Goldfarb Organizations: PARIS, Mousquetaires, Getty, U.S, ATP, Miami Open, Wimbledon, Getty Images, Australian, Rio, The Athletic Locations: Italian, Alexander Zverev of Germany, South America, Indian, Paris, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, AFP, Eurasia

☆ How Celtics took command of NBA Finals with Game 2 win over hurting Mavericks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Kyrie Irving is struggling and Jason Kidd’s mind game on the Boston Celtics didn’t work. All are ingredients for the 2-0 hole the Dallas Mavericks are during the NBA Finals. “I think my turnovers and my missed free throws cost us the game,” said Dončić, who said he was “OK” physically. “The first two games weren’t the best for me, especially (Luka) scoring 25-plus points, getting rebounds, getting assists, doing the intangibles. For the game, all Dallas players not named Dončić shot 2 of 17 from the 3-point line.

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☆ Live Updates: Hunter Biden’s Former Partners Describe the Toll of His Drug Abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Eileen Sullivan | Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

forward — rose in a Delaware courtroom to declare that the Justice Department’s sweeping immunity deal with Hunter Biden was not nearly as sweeping as the defense believed. His transfer coincided with efforts by congressional Republicans to portray Mr. Weiss — a Trump appointee held over by President Biden’s aides — as offering “a sweetheart deal” to the Bidens. In early 2023, he published a memoir covering the police trial, describing himself as “the prosecutor who took down Baltimore’s most crooked cops.”Mr. But he was passed over because it was believed he might clash with prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, they said. Ms. Monaco eventually chose another prosecutor from Maryland, Thomas P. Windom, to run the team.

Persons: — bespectacled, Department’s, Hunter Biden, Leo J, Wise, “, . Wise, Biden, Biden’s, David C, Weiss, Mr . Wise, —, ”, Catherine Pugh, ” Mr, Philip Morris, Kathryn Ruemmler, Barack Obama’s, Lisa O, Donald J, Monaco, Thomas P, Windom Organizations: Trump, Baltimore U.S, Harvard Law, Navy Reserve, Justice Department, Enron, Capitol, Monaco Locations: Delaware, Baltimore, Los Angeles, U.S, Wilmington, Washington, Maryland

☆ Bill Ackman is probably about to get a lot richer. And much louder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The funding announced Monday puts a $10 billion price tag on Pershing Square, which manages about $16 billion worth of assets. The benefit of going public is you get to make money, obviously, so it’s not hard to see why Pershing Square would want to do it. For Ackman, in particular, being at the helm of a publicly traded company could be a particularly jarring shift. Pershing Square officially hung up its activist megaphone in 2022, opting to work with a small group of companies behind the scenes. Many of those followers are the kinds of retail investors Ackman could hope to attract to a publicly traded fund.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Bill Ackman, who’s, Ackman, ”, Lawrence J ., White, “, I’ve, ” White, he’s, I’m, he’ll, —, Elon Musk, Pershing, Musk, ” NYU’s White, Tesla Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Pershing, Securities, Exchange, NYU Stern School of Business, Herbalife, Twitter, Hamas, MIT, Trump, SEC, Bloomberg Locations: New York, Pershing, Israel

☆ Biden to welcome Super Bowl winning Kansas City Chiefs to the White House next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Donald Judd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden will welcome the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on May 31 – but it seems unlikely that football’s most famous fan will be in attendance. It’ll be the second visit in as many years for the Chiefs, who are celebrating the first back-to-back Super Bowl championships in two decades. Spe aking to reporters following last year’s visit, quarterback Patrick Mahomes called the trip to the White House “surreal.”“I mean, I’ve never been to Washington, DC. I’ve never even got to see from the outside, seeing the White House or any of the monuments or memorials,” Mahomes told reporters. I don’t have anything beyond that,” she told reporters.

Persons: Joe Biden, It’ll, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift, Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, I’ve, ” Mahomes, Harrison Butker, Biden, “, ” Butker, ”, Butker, Isabelle, Andy Reid, Karine Jean, Pierre, it’s, “ I’m, I’m, ” Reid, ” CNN’s Jacob Lev, A.J, Willingham Organizations: Washington CNN, White, Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, Super, aking, Catholic, America, Benedictine College, ” Press Locations: Europe, Madrid, Lyon, France, Washington, Atchison , Kansas, Butker, America

☆ Key Players in Trump’s Georgia Criminal Case Win Their Races
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Richard Fausset | More About Richard Fausset | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two key players in Donald J. Trump’s criminal case in Georgia won their races on Tuesday night, The Associated Press reported: Judge Scott McAfee, who won a general election race; and Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, who won a Democratic primary. The two candidates were considered the favorites in their respective races. But they were running for second terms a few months after the election-interference case against Mr. Trump and his allies hit serious turbulence. In mid-March, Judge McAfee ruled that she could stay on the Trump case if the subordinate, Nathan J. This month, the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to review the judge’s decision.

Persons: Donald J, Scott McAfee, Willis, Trump, —, Judge McAfee, Nathan J, Wade Organizations: Associated Press, Democratic, Fulton County Superior Court Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

☆ ‘You’re a Go’: How Miscues and Confusion Delayed the National Guard on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the commanders and members of the District of Columbia National Guard waited in frustration for hours for the order to help put down the riot unfolding just minutes from where they were stationed. With marauders assaulting the police and people dying at the Capitol, Gen. William J. Walker, then the commander of the D.C. Guard, turned to colleagues and openly contemplated defying his chain of command and sending his troops immediately to help the overrun Capitol Police restore order. “If I could send them right now without being fired, I would send them right now,” General Walker told Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, then the Guard’s adjutant general. What General Walker did not know as he fumed was that his superiors at the Pentagon had already agreed that the Guard needed to be deployed but, because of a huge miscommunication, hadn’t conveyed the order.

Persons: William J, Walker, ” General Walker, Brig, Aaron R, Dean II, General Walker, fumed, hadn’t Organizations: Trump, Capitol, District of Columbia National Guard, D.C, Guard, Capitol Police, ”, Pentagon

☆ Why Is This Seder Unlike All Other Seders?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Joseph Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Why was this Seder different from all other Seders? Start with the setup: a glittering table set for 100, running the length of a drafty warehouse in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Also unlike most seders, this one, on Thursday night (before the start of the holiday), featured a D.J. Guests at the Seder and past parties have included Brett Gelman, the actor; Samantha Ronson, the D.J. ; Richard Kind, the actor; Chi Ossé, the Brooklyn city councilman; and the actor David Schwimmer.

Persons: York influencers, Elijah, Brett Gelman, Samantha Ronson, Richard Kind, Chi Ossé, David Schwimmer Locations: Bushwick, Brooklyn, York

☆ Martin Wygod, a Winner on Wall Street and the Racetrack, Dies at 84
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Martin J. Wygod, a Wall Street whiz who graduated from walking horses after races to owning and breeding championship thoroughbreds when he made millions from investing in online companies that sold pharmaceuticals by mail and pruned medical paperwork, died on April 12 in San Diego. His daughter, Emily Bushnell, said he died in a hospital from complications of lung disease. Raised near two racetracks in suburban New York and mentored by a software pioneer, an investor and a gambler, Mr. Wygod was said to have been the youngest managing partner of a New York Stock Exchange brokerage in the 1960s. The sale netted Mr. Wygod $250 million. “Marty Wygod made $6 billion for himself because he developed a data base.”

Persons: Martin J, Emily Bushnell, Wygod, ” Jan Buck, “ Marty Wygod Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Merck, Princeton Group International, New York Times Locations: San Diego, New York

Asked for proof of his claim that Mr. Biden was personally directing the local cases against him, Mr. Trump pointed to purported ties between prosecutors and “Washington,” but provided no evidence that Mr. Biden had been involved in any of the hiring decisions, conversations or meetings that Mr. Trump cited. The writer E. Jean Carroll filed her first lawsuit against Mr. Trump in November 2019, accusing him of defamation. Faulty and irrelevant comparisonsWhat Mr. Trump Said“I got indicted more than Al Capone.”— in a rally in Ohio in MarchFalse. Mr. Hur described Mr. Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who had “diminished faculties and faulty memory.” He did not declare Mr. Biden mentally incompetent to stand trial. Inaccurate attacks on judgesWhat Mr. Trump Said“Judge Juan Merchan is totally compromised, and should be removed from this TRUMP Non-Case immediately.

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☆ The 1968 killing of a milkman who was a WWII veteran has been solved 56 years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Mallika Kallingal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Fifty-six years after a Florida milkman failed to return home after his rounds, his homicide has been solved, closing the oldest cold case in Indian River County Sheriff’s Office history. The next day, Grayam’s body and truck were located in a wooded area in what was described as a “chilling scene,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Over the subsequent years, 16 separate investigations occurred through April 1974 in an effort to solve the case, Flowers said. After receiving that information, detectives tracked down the suspect’s ex-wife, who also said Williams confessed to her, Flowers said. The witnesses said the suspect had been arrested and convicted several times on other charges, the sheriff’s office added.

Persons: Hiram “ Ross ” Grayam, Larry Grayam, Hiram Grayam, Eric Flowers, “, Grayam, ” Flowers, Flowers, Thomas J, Williams, ” Williams, “ Thomas Williams, ” Cara Lynn Clarkson Organizations: CNN Locations: Florida, County, Vero Beach

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